**To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.** Carlos Castaneda

After reading the poss about this Capt. P= I went on the you tube and watched vidio entittled Capt Pizzo sucks===The speaker talked 10 minutes about this Pizzo character and his style-bottom line is this speaker is not happy with Pizzo and calls him a fake and a rip off artist-and he warns all not to get taken in ......

All I can say is between this guy and the forum I am not getting envolved at all.

And thats my take on the whole god dam thing- now back to important things-

WW (ELB)

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The Cestari crew trained at Ross' gymnasium in New Jersey. A great many photographs were taken there when they were at their internet forum heyday. He was as much a part of the "Wolf Pack" (grrrrr.... grrrr.....) as any of them.

Only when he dared think for himself did he get ostracised..... and only then was "Wolf Pack" (grrrrr.... grrrrr......) history re-written.

In a recent advert for a speaking engagement "The Capt",formerly "Lt X",stated that he did a few weeks of ROTC training and with drew due to illness.LOLIf anyone finds any evidence that supports Mr Pizzo's claims of actual military service you can bet it is fabricated BS.

The following is from Mr pizzo bio as a member of the board for NAPMA:"Chris Pizzo initially entertained thoughts of a military career. A participant in Cornell University’s ROTC program from 1992-1993, Chris Pizzo was only a Commissioned Officer for the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School for a couple of months before being diagnosed with atypical seminoma cancer. Although the cancer ended his military career aspirations, it did not crush Chris Pizzo’s spirit"

Notice how weeks have been made into a year 92-93.Notice how participation in the ROTC program makes him a Commissioned Officer in the CANDIDATE SCHOOL,LOL.Then the claim again of ROTC participation now shortened to be several months.

I think Mr Pizzo best LOOK UP THE TERM and REQUIREMENTS for what a COMMISSIONED OFFICER IS.

HE IS NOT an OFFICER, Nor in the Military in any capacity by any stretch of the imagination,and HE is a PHONY.He is where he belongs THE POW NETWORK "WALL OF SHAME"

"Captain Chris Pizzo - Accomplished martial artist (5 black belts) and U.S. Army Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Officer, Chris Pizzo’s world was shattered in 1997 when his dream of career military service was ended when diagnosed with atypical seminoma cancer."

Just for kicks, I signed up for free email newletters from Capn Chris a few months ago.

I get this email titled, "My Name..and family killed in horrific attack". It went on and on how he apologizes that he had to send me this email message, but this could be me and my family if we don't sign up for my course!!

I sent him a reply, stating he went too far on the marketing scheme spectrum with this, and that I was with CQCG. That his unprofessional marketing tactics were a sign of a truly desperate man, and his skills were not "super secret". That he was full of shit and I wanted him to know that I was going to spread the word about him and his f'd up marketing.

thanks Keith for making the call on this guy!

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An armed citizenry fly their colors, an unarmed citizenry wear their colors.

I get this email titled, "My Name..and family killed in horrific attack". It went on and on how he apologizes that he had to send me this email message, but this could be me and my family if we don't sign up for my course!!

THAT is exactly like an old "I apologize for" letter sent out by the old TRS in the 1990s. The head of TRS told me he got some serious complaints about the letter, but in the end it generated a lot in contacts and interest. So he didn't care. Who cares? Sales!

THAT is exactly like an old "I apologize for" letter sent out by the old TRS in the 1990s. The head of TRS told me he got some serious complaints about the letter, but in the end it generated a lot in contacts and interest. So he didn't care. Who cares? Sales!

I thought you might be joking, so I went and checked out his website...

you're not joking.

Wow!

While I was at it, I went ahead and searched through some "Google" highlights about ol' Cappy. There's a LOT of folks that are extremely upset with this fella. I think he might be needing some of those secret fighting skills if he doesn't keep a low profile.

I have never met the sunject -dont think i want to-if he needs one i can forward acape and he can call him self the super dooper pooper scooper captain of the martial arts world-who flies through the air with the greatest of ease giving majic tricks tounsuspecting nieve students-screw it-forget himWW

Reminds when Dr Gyi told a number of prestigious people, some in the US Army in North Carolina, that he'd won a bronze medal in Olympic boxing about ohhh....12 years ago or so. No one looked it up, but one very popular trainer, who discovered the lie.

Just for curious, I bought his "close combat training video". It is pretty much what gets taught in an introductory "bulletman" seminar. The quality of instruction is moderate. He consistently displays the bad habit of dropping his arms and blading at nearly 90 degrees.

I did get one good idea from it - always gain ground. For example, when doing a knee strike, don't step back after the knee, stomp down and keep moving into your attacker. That makes sense.

His main techniques are eye flick, ridge hand, chin jab and a "whip kick". I like the eye flick and chin jab. The ridge hand, I won't do because of the risk of injury to the fragile outside of the hand. Much better is the hammer fist. The "whip kick" is just lifting the leg - wouldn't do much damage, seems mostly for the purpose of stopping motion of the opponent. I am a much bigger fan of the stomp kick and knees to the mid section. He also uses a version of the "combat clock" 8 angles instead of 12, but the same idea. His body mechanics seem to be bladed at nearly 90 degrees and he keeps his arms at his side unless actually involved in a technique - great way to get punched in the face.

Another good idea is to plan your self defense tactics based on the direction the attack comes from rather than waiting to see what the attack is. A "first move" combination is good to work on and bring it out first automatically. My "first move" is a cross stomp kick, eye flick and then a palm strike to the face. If someone surprises me, I'll pull that out first, then start thinking about specifics.

Personally, I am not really bothered by the exaggerated claims. Everybody has a "shtick" these days and he is doing what he can to make some money in a very competitive business. I am not willing to claim I am god's gift to martial arts, so I only get $20 a month from my guys for eaching a couple classes a week at a community center. If I had less ethics, I might make more money.

I leave you idiots alone for 5 minutes and I come back and you're all dancing around like a bunch of Kansas City faggotsyou're all a bunch of slack jawed faggots around here, this stuff will make you a sexual tyrannosaurus, just like me!

It has always amazed me the lengths that some people will go to make people think that they are something they are not. Even with things that are so easily verified and proven as Military Records and Sports Event Results. I guess that is how they survive for so long.... Most people don't dig because they don't think anyone would bother conducting such a farce.

I have worked with LEO trainers who are otherwise pretty savvy but in a moment of "Wow", purchased instructionals from people like Pizzo and Peterson based on their ad claims. It took a while, but they finally got their Bullshit meter working.